Yomiuri Open
Appearance
Tournament information | |
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Location | Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan |
Established | 1970 |
Course(s) | Yomiuri Country Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,161 yards (6,548 m) |
Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | ¥100,000,000 |
Month played | June |
Final year | 2006 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 266 Kazuhiro Fukunaga (1996) 266 Todd Hamilton (1996) |
To par | −20 Dinesh Chand (2004) |
Final champion | |
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Location map | |
Location in Japan Location in the Hyogo Prefecture |
The Yomiuri Open was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1970 as the Wizard Tournament, a 36-hole invitational tournament,[1] it was played at Hashimoto Country Club in Wakayama until 1979 when it moved to Yomiuri Country Club in Hyōgo. With the move, it also became a full 72-hole tour event, having been extended to 54 holes in 1976, and adopted its new name.[2] It remained at Yomiuri every year except for 1996, when it was played at Wakasu Golf Links in Tokyo. In 2007 it merged with the Mizuno Open to form the Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic.
Tournament hosts
[edit]Year(s) | Host course | Location |
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1979–1995, 1997–2006 | Yomiuri Country Club | Nishinomiya, Hyōgo |
1996 | Wakasu Golf Links | Kōtō, Tokyo |
1970–1978 | Hashimoto Country Club | Hashimoto, Wakayama |
Winners
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b McCormack, Mark (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979. Doubleday Publishing. pp. 245, 386–387. ISBN 0385149409.
- ^ a b McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 237–238, 456. ISBN 0862541018.
- ^ "Tanihara on fire". Japan Times. Kyodo News. 22 June 2003. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Watts picks up first victory on Japanese golf tour". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. AP. 22 June 1998. p. E5. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 232, 459–460. ISBN 0862541247.
- ^ "Gale storms in to post maiden Japan victory". The Straits Times. Singapore. 22 June 1982. p. 36 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
- ^ McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 174, 381–382. ISBN 0862540054.
- ^ "Marsh victor for the 3rd time". Pacific Stars And Stripes. 10 May 1977 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Marsh in with a hot finish". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 10 May 1976. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ McCormack, Mark (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 290–291, 479–480. ISBN 000211996X.
- ^ "Marsh darts out of bunch to win title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 5 May 1975. p. 26 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
- ^ "Sugihara wins sudden death playoff". The Straits Times. Singapore. 4 May 1974. p. 29 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
- ^ "Ozaki wins playoff". The Straits Times. Singapore. 5 May 1972. p. 29 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
- ^ "Thomson wins". The Straits Times. Singapore. 4 May 1971. p. 23 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
- ^ "Australian golfer wins Wizard event". Uniontown Evening Standard. Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. 4 May 1971 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Chinese pro Wizard champ". Star News. Pasadena, California. 5 May 1970 – via NewspaperArchive.
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